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Survey Methodology

Updated April 12, 2001 12:01 a.m. ET

SEC rules for annual proxy statements require disclosure of the compensation of the chief executive officer plus four or more other highly compensated executive officers. The individuals named in the table were either designated as chief executive officer in their company's proxy statement or, where no such title was disclosed, were the more highly paid between the president and chairman of the board. The 350 surveyed companies are major industrial and service concerns that electronically filed their latest proxy statements by...